We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
350 of its 594 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Kampala accounted for 289 of Uganda's 350 stories about harm, carried by 235 outlets. 200 of Kampala's 289 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (136 stories).
236 of its 551 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Taipei accounted for 214 of Taiwan's 236 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (161 stories). Earthquake was named in 136 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with building collapse.
76 of its 115 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tunis accounted for 63 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
535 of its 2,516 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (190 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola and flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
1,054 of its 1,377 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 782 of Iraq's 1,054 stories about harm, carried by 598 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
196 of Dhaka's 336 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
37 of its 81 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
258 of its 489 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
325 of its 361 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Mukalla accounted for 207 of Yemen's 325 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
181 of its 709 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Tuberculosis was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv and malaria. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (181 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Haiti (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ethiopia (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Burkina Faso (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Switzerland (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 May. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 60,139 stories about harm among 318,290 counted on 12 May.
In Taiwan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 318,290 stories, below the usual 20. Uganda's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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